Today we try to preserve our photos. Most pictures are stored digitally on hard drives, CDs, DVDs or where ever.
No chance for a proper photo to age and get that lovely yellowed tone.
Isn’t that a pity? Read the rest of this entry
Jan31
Monthly Archives: Januar 2012
Jan31
The Old Touch
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You remember the photo album of your grandparents?
Those pictures have a special character.
They don’t just tell you about old times, about the history of your family.
They look special, old but somewhat cozy. Read the rest of this entry
Jan29
How to create a Logo
Randomly I am going to introduce Logos, which I made.
We are talking about Logos of Companies.
Usually such a logo is made up of letters, sometimes a whole word or even a little picture.
A good logo has to be eye-catching and should be easily recognized again.
It represents the whole company.
These are the reasons to go to a designer and ask him / her to create a logo.
Certainly a logo has to serve more requirements. You are going to use it with different promo material.
- A logo has to be clear and understandable.
E.g. the chosen font has to represent the company and the given purpose.
You would never chose a font for a bank, that might work for a day care.
A bank is connected with integrity and sobriety. This has to be put into the logo.
I am also choosing symbols, which are connected with the very company. Sticking to the bank: such a symbol could be coins. Nobody would do this, because it is too obvious in this case. Read the rest of this entry
Jan27
The Magic of Colors … Red
What a brilliant and glowing color!
The color that we usually connect with fire. So fire brigades are usually painted
Red
| H 350° | L 48 | R 193 | C 0 | Hexa# |
| S 100% | a 75 | G 0 | M100 | c1001f |
| B 76% | b 55 | B 31 | Y 100 | |
| K 0 |
Red is a very strong color and a warm color. A color that stands for energy and live!
The word red comes from the Old English word read. It can be traced to a Proto-European root reudh, and in Sanskrit the word ruhdira means red or blood.
The German word is rot. Read the rest of this entry
Jan26
The Magic of Colors … Fuchsia
This color with its vivid redish, pinkish shade is named after the plant:
Fuchsia
| H 315° | L 41 | R 161 | C 25 | Hexa# |
| S 100% | a 71 | G 0 | M 100 | a10078 |
| B 63% | b -14 | B 120 | Y 0 | |
| K 0 |
A very magenta color with a slight shade of cyan in it or a redish color, which contains some blue. Read the rest of this entry
Jan25
The Magic of Colors … Dark Violet
A color that represents the harmony of universe in Chinese painting because of the nearly similar parts of Red and Blue – yin and yang:
Dark Violet
| H 302° | L 34 | R 126 | C 50 | Hexa# |
| S 81% | a 58 | G 24 | M 100 | 7e187a |
| B 49% | b -27 | B 122 | Y 0 | |
| K 0 |
A color which we also find quite often in nature.
Or didn’t a violet run through your mind, the lovely little plant with the heart shaped leaves? Read the rest of this entry
Jan24
The Magic of Colors … Purple
Most people will regard this color as being female. It is a very intensive color.
Some think this color should be called violet, others think it is:
Purple
| H 273° | L 27 | R 86 | C 75 | Hexa# |
| S 69% | a 41 | G 38 | M100 | 56267d |
| B 49% | b -41 | B 125 | Y 0 | |
| K 0 |
I think it is purple.
Purple comes, as all colors, in different shades. We will see some of them when we will reduce the value of cyan tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry
Jan23
The Magic of Colors … Turquoise-Blue
Although we said, that pure cyan can be called turquoise too, this color can also be called turquoise.
Turquoise-Blue
| H 190° | L 55 | R 0 | C 100 | Hexa# |
| S 100% | a –54 | G 153 | M 0 | 0099b7 |
| B 72% | b –33 | B 183 | Y 25 | |
| K 0 |
There is just a little shade of yellow inside, 25%. Just enough yellow to take away the pure coldness of pure cyan, just enough to have a little bit of warmness in this color. Read the rest of this entry
Jan22
The Magic of Colors … Blue-Green
Is it blue?
Is it green?
Blue-Green
| H 177° | L 52 | R 0 | C 100 | Hexa# |
| S 100% | a -64 | G 149 | M 0 | 00958e |
| B 59% | b -12 | B 142 | Y 50 | |
| K 0 |
A bit difficult to name this color. Read the rest of this entry
Jan21
The Magic of Colors … Seagreen
A wonderful, deep green tone, which reminds me of shades of the ocean floor.
Seagreen
| H 162° | L 51 | R 0 | C 100 | Hexa# |
| S 100% | a –72 | G 146 | M 0 | 009266 |
| B 57% | b 11 | B 102 | Y 75 | |
| K 0 |
We just took a quarter of the yellow away, and the tone, still green, gets more coldish. Read the rest of this entry
Jan20
The Magic of Colors … Green
It is getting warmer, yellow is involved.
There are so many shades of green in nature, that’s really incredible.
The green of forests is different to the green of meadows.
The first green in springs appears light and shiny, and is not comparable to the one of dusty leaves in late July or the green leaves of our Christmas trees.
I have to admit green is one of my favorite colors, not the only one. Read the rest of this entry
Jan19
The Magic of Colors … Clear Sky
Yes this is the field of the color of the sky.
Bright, brillian blue …
Clear Sky
| H 200° | L 49 | R 0 | C 100 | Hexa# |
| S 100% | a -328 | G 133 | M 25 | 0085c8 |
| B 78% | b –51 | B 200 | Y 0 | |
| K 0 |
… you still feel the sunshine … makes you want to go out. Read the rest of this entry
Jan18
The Magic of Colors … Dark Sky
Jan17
The Magic of Colors … Medium Blue
I don’t know how to call this color.
It is a kind of medium blue.
Medium Blue
Jan16
The Magic of Colors … Blue
We are leaving the field of pure, unmixed process colors.
Even if the process colors have been unmixed, we have learned that colors are always mixed in a certain way, depending which color model you are using.
We are leaving the field of being able name the color in a specific way.
Mixed colors are named in a very subjective way. Read the rest of this entry